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What language did Hobbits speak before Men?
In Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings we are told that there “is no record of any language peculiar to hobbits. In ancient days they seem always to have used the languages of Men near whom, or among ...
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Why would Bilbo agree to arbitration in the Khuzdul language?
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Dwarves present Bilbo a contract. It's presumably in Westron, but through the magic of Translation Convention, it appears on-screen in its entirety in English,...
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Are the similarities between Tolkien's Dwarves and Jews intentional?
Reading about Khuzdul I found the following information very interesting :
The Dwarvish language sounds much like Hebrew, and indeed Tolkien noted some similarities between Dwarves and Jews: both ...
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Neo-Khuzdul in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies?
I'm interested to know what all the Khuzdul (and languages other than the Common Speech) spoken in the third movie of The Hobbit means, as well as written out so the spelling is seen.
I'd like the ...
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Where can I find the black speech dialog used in 'Desolation of Smaug'?
I want to read the actual Black Speech sentences uttered by the Orcs and by Sauron in The Desolation of Smaug. Does anybody know what they were or where can I find them?
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